This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| James Brinsfield
b. 1949, Chicago, Illinois
EDUCATION
1976: M.F.A. Program, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
1974: B.F.A., the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1967: Young Artists Studio Program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
ONE PERSON EXHIBITION
2011- James Brinsfield 2007-2011, The Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012-
Abstraction Kansas City, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
2011-
America Now + Here, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri
What’s Up, the Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri,
2010-
New Digs, the Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2009-
Interchange, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
The Francis and Julia Spiezer Collection, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Resonate, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas.
2008-
About Abstraction, Salina Center for the Arts, Salina, Kansas. Curated by Heather Ferrell
Conversation Pieces, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo. Curated by Chris Cook.
5x7, Austin Arthouse, Austin, Texas, Inman Gallery, Houston Texas. Curated by Elizabeth Dunbar
2007-
Allusive Abstraction, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas. Curated by Bruce Hartman
2005-
New Acquisitions, Gallery of Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas.
1999-
Perspective Kansas City, Gallery of Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas. Curated by Raphael Rubinstein
1997-
Perspective Kansas City, Gallery of Art, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas. Curated by Dan Cameron
1995-
50 Years of Chicago Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1982-
New Figuration in America, Milwaukee Art Museum, Curator, Russel Bowman
1978-
Chicago and Vicinity Show, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Curated by Roberta Smith and James Speyer
PROFESSIONAL
1998-present: Lecturer, Painting Department, Kansas City Art Institute.
1989: Visiting Artist: Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C.
1981-1984: Lecturer: Art Resources in Teaching, Chicago, Illinois.
PUBLICATIONS OF AUTHORED ESSAYS AND ARTICLES
WORK 1, WORK 2, edited by John Sinclair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Chicago Reader, The New Art Examiner, Downbeat Magazine (1981-1991), the Kansas City Star, Review Magazine.
Reviews:
Chicago Tribune (Alan Artner), Art News (Dan Cameron), Chicago Sun-Times (Franz Schulz), Washington Post (Michael Welzenbach, Benjamin Forgey), Art in America ( Peter von Ziegesar, Michael Bonesteel, Elisabeth Kirsch), Flash Art (Judd Tully), Contemporanea, New Art Examiner, Kansas City Star, Review Magazine.
AWARDS
1997: Charlotte Street Fund Award, Kansas City, Missouri.
1995: NEA Individual Artists Study Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1977: State of Illinois Artists Grant.
ARTIST CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2008- FlatFiles, H&R Bloch ArtSpace, Kansas City, Missouri
2003- Boundary Creatures, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park, Kansas.
2002- Pre-Fab, Shaw-Hofstra & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri.
SubLuna, Shaw-Hofstra & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri
2001- Filtered, Shaw-Hofstra & Associates, Kansas City, Missouri.
2000- Poptones, Shaw-Hofstra & Asssociates, Kansas City, Missouri.
1999- A House Is Not A Home, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park, KS
1980- Planet Picasso, Artists Studio, Chicago, Illinois.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City,
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Mo
Rockford Museum of Contemporary Art
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Sprint, Hallmark, American Century, H&R Block.
Submitted by Robin Trafton, Curator, Art Department, Commerce Bank, Kansas City MO
Source:
Information provided by the artist
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